Vicious Cycle

Why is it that when you really get in the groove of doing something consistently .... but for one reason or another get out of the groove ...... why is it so hard to get back into it?

I dont know why I had to be so cryptic about it. Working out. The vicous cycle that it has become for me. I worked out very consistent for 6 months and lost about 25 pounds. Then for 6 months I worked out sporadically and held my weight loss at a consistent 25-27 pound loss. It's been a year since I started working out, and I've all but stopped. The cycle of working out, stopping and then getting back into it is so hard!

I keep noticing that my energy level is next to nothing now. If I think back 6-9 months I realize I was much more energetic. I played with Case more. I was up and about more and felt better! Now it feels like its hard to pull me off the couch. But ... the next stage of the cycle is about to begin! My gym membership expired this month and we bought a weight bench set to put in our garage. I'm excited about lifting weights again. It made the difference in me actually losing weight this past year. We also have an older treadmill and stationary bicycle out there too. Soooo... I'm going to get up and work out and get back into the exercise cycle. :)

If I can lose 25 lbs 3 more times .. I'll be at a good goal weight for me! It's so much easier for me to think of it like that .... instead of saying that I need to lose 75 pounds! I just hope that it doesnt take me 3 years to do it!!

I also have a new goal of writing and sending out things for publication. This month I sent in a few things to Blue Mountain Arts for submission to their greeting card segment. If I dont hear anything in writing from them in four months, I can assume a big, fat No from them. But hey, you never know till you try.